Event: Abort! Part One

[voidtreckermods]

Until now there has been one mission in every month. The practice in Apple and since then one for each month. So for those that have been on the train for a while they will be extremely surprised when on the twenty fifth day of the month of Egret their SCA’s glow gold and a hologram appears. Another mission.

Strange or not preparations need to be made, the voidtreckers are needed, strange timing or not.

Preperations

As promised the dressing room is open once again and there is a collection of leggings, shirts and tunics. All are in bold, differing shades of team colours and are made of sturdy material. There are a couple of cloaks, like those they wore in the goblin world they look medieval in style but will keep rain off as well as a modern raincoat.

As usual they have about an hour of preparation time, to gather supplies, get changed and help those who need more help disguising themselves to do so.

Arrival

”We are now approaching world#27462947582. Warning: Exit from void in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,” Hopefully even those who are new know to hold on or sit down by now. ”Three, two, one.” A jolt and a lurch and the void from outside the windows disappears to show green grass and a blue sky.

The Voidtrecker Express has landed in a small dip between two hills. Tall enough to mostly hide it and once everyone who wishes to disembarks it vanishes.

The voidtreckers, on climbing the hill, will find they are inside the city walls, just. Here it is mostly farmland still but as they move towards the centre there are more houses and things become more crowded and bustling. The city is big enough that an influx of strangers doesn’t turn many heads.

Their SCA has a map, red team’s has a marker for the northern gate, purple’s show the position of guard posts. Orange and Blue’s shows the main gates that lead out into the kingdom beyond.

Red Team

Getting to the northern gate doesn’t take all that much time and they are let out without much fuss, though fair warnings about the monsters out there. It is clear that though this city is nominally guarded and walled, it has been a long time since there has been war here and people can come and go as they wish.

The desert is, much as can be expected. It is more a scrub land rather than rolling dunes of sand but the land is cracked and dry. They have to move at least an hour away from the city before they come across any monsters at all.

When they do they are strange almost-boar looking creatures. They are vicious and will attack on sight, charging with huge tusks and teeth that are far too sharp to belong to a natural creature. They are clearly intelligent, even if they don’t seem to have language. But they never come across more than five at once and there doesn’t seem to be any movement of them towards the city.

Purple Team

The guard posts are only have a few guards there at any one time. Though questioning any of them the voidtreckers will learn that there are other guards in the city, ready to come to the defence of the walls if the alarm is ever sounded. Those on the walls are there to keep watch.

It might take a little bit of persuading but there isn’t a huge problem with purple team being allowed up onto the walls. As long as they don’t seem to be causing or bringing trouble.

The surrounding countryside is clear. To the north is the desert but to the east, west and south there are rolling hills of green. The kingdom that this city is part of.

For them it is a few hours of tedium and anticipation. Watching the landscape, waiting for a threat. The other soldiers are curious enough that they could be coaxed into conversation or a game of dice.

Blue Team and Orange Team

It is very difficult to convince a city full of people who have not known danger in a long time that they have to pack up and leave.

There are difficult shop keepers, confused farmers, worried parents.

Some are able to be ready quickly and so can follow the Blue team out of the southern gates. It might take more than one group, with a few blue team going with each one. The kingdom isn’t particularly dangerous but who knows when that may change. Keeping everyone together and moving will be the challenge here.

For Orange team there are plenty of logistical problems to get stuck into. Animals need moving, people need help packing or wrangling small children. Older people need help finding carts to ride.

Not to mention the very stubborn ones who will take a lot of persuading. Those who were on the goblin world have had practice in this already of course, and hopefully have tips to share.

(OOC: Information about this event is here)

Comments

[luckybucky]

"Guns," he agrees with a nod. "I prefer sniper rifles, but I'll use whatever I can get my hands on." He holds up the bow, as if in justification. "Not sure I'll have very good control of this thing, but," he shrugs. "If they get close enough I can just punch 'em."

[sendiintheclown]

Trowa fought a smile at the punching comment. "Careful if you do that. Not sure the train has what would be needed to repair it." He would feel bad if the older man damaged the artificial arm.

[luckybucky]

That gets a laugh. "If it breaks we've got bigger problems than where to repair it. There shouldn't be anything on this planet that even comes close enough to damaging it."

[sendiintheclown]

"You sound confident about that. What is it made out of, lightweight Gundanium?"

[luckybucky]

"I don't know what Gundanium is, but this arm is made of a vibranium alloy. The only thing stronger is pure vibranium... though I'd be interested to see how Gundanium measures up, if you have any," he's sure Tony could find some way to measure which was stronger.

[sendiintheclown]

"Never heard of Vibranium. And unfortunately I don't have any Gundanium with me. I do know the chemical makeup of it, though. Might be able to make it if I can get the materials."

[luckybucky]

"Yeah? Maybe Tony can help with that. If it's a highly durable metal, I'm sure he'd be glad to figure out how to make some. Might even be able to get the train to send us some vibranium and see what happens when they're mixed." As much as Bucky was a warrior, he was also curious about anything scientific. There's a reason he'd gone to Stark Expo on the last night of freedom.

[sendiintheclown]

"Now that would be interesting. And it can withstand mortar shells better than the steel used on other mobile suits, so I'd say it's damn durable." Not to mention the fact that Gundanium could survive atmospheric reentry with hardly a mark on it.

[luckybucky]

"Mobile suits? You mean like the Iron Man?" he asks, reaching up to scratch at his chin a little. "I wonder if Vibranium would be any good in that kind of application. It has some pretty weird properties that skirt the laws of physics, from what I've been told."

[sendiintheclown]

Trowa looked at Bucky in confusion. "Isn't the Iron Man an old triathlon that used to be done? And if Vibranium is as strong as you say, then it would likely make for highly durable mobile suits." He prayed it would never be used for mobile dolls, those were enough of a problem without being even more damage resistant.

[luckybucky]

"Yeah, but it's also an armor suit Tony crafted, that he wears when he needs to fight. You should ask him to show you some time, he likes showing off," he replies with a grin. He nods in agreement to the bit about the durability. "Yeah, probably, but it's really hard to get a hold of outside Wakanda."

[sendiintheclown]

"Never heard of that place before. It's crazy how different the worlds are, you know?" Trowa offered Bucky a smile. "I did ask Stark about maybe making gunpowder, though."

[luckybucky]

"Yeah, one of my best friends on the train doesn't even have pizza where he comes from," and he wonders if maybe Trowa doesn't either -- he's got plans to learn to make a proper New York slice in the near future, so he can spoil everyone on the train.

[sendiintheclown]

"Pizza is a treat." Trowa missed the taste of it suddenly. "I can't remember where we were, maybe up in L2, but there was this amazing family owned place my sister ordered from when the circus was up there. It was so good."

[luckybucky]

Bucky grinned. "Yeah, I'm learning how to make it, so we can have a pizza night on the train sometime soon. I don't think I've caught your name... I'm Bucky," he would've offered his hand for a shake, if they weren't at different levels of elevation.

[sendiintheclown]

"Trowa." The younger man nodded in greeting. "Nice to meet you. And while I may not be the best cook, I'll be happy to help."

[luckybucky]

"I'll hold you to it," Bucky warns warmly. "If you poke your head in while I'm in the kitchen, I'll gladly put you to work."

[sendiintheclown]

Trowa chuckled at that, testing the tension of his bow string. "I'll look forward to it. I really only know how to cook things that come out of cans."

[luckybucky]

"Everyone starts somewhere," Bucky replies lightly, quickly making his way up onto the wall with Trowa, to look out at what would soon be a battlefield. "Just make it back to the train in one piece."

[sendiintheclown]

"Better make sure you do the same, then." Smirking faintly, Trowa chose a spot as his own and looked out toward the field.